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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Dungaville

Dungaville.

Dunganville is a mining district situated about sixteen miles by road from Greymouth, and is in the Maori Creek riding of the county of Grey, in the electorate of Grey, and in the provincial district of Westland. It is named Dunganville after the late Mr. P. Dungan, who was at one time a member of the Westland Provincial Council, though the district was previously known, and is still spoken of by old settlers, as Maori Creek. Very little mining is carried on in the district, owing to the expense and difficulty of obtaining sufficient water, but two dredges are at work in the vicinity. The settlement consists of one hotel and two stores, in one of which the business of the local post office is conducted. There is also a public school attended by seventeen children, a Roman Catholic church, an Anglican church, and a public library. The population at the census of 1901 was returned as ninety.

New River Hotel , Dunganville. This hotel has been established for many years; it contains seventeen rooms, including a billiard room. There is good accommodation, good liquors, and a moderate tariff. A general store attached to the hotel carries a good supply of groceries, drapery, boots, etc. The Post Office for the district is conducted at this store; postal notes are issued, and there are three mails weekly.

Mr. William McKechnie , sometime proprietor of the New River Hotel and store, is further referred to as an old colonist.

O'Donnell, Jeremiah, Storekeeper and farmer, Dunganville. This business was established by Mr. O'Donnell in the year 1878. The building page 545 is of wood and iron, and a full stock of general and mining goods is carried. There is also a small farm in connection with the establishment. Mr. O'Donnell was born in the year 1849 in Limerick, Ireland, where he was educated, and brought up on his father's farm. He went to Australia in the year 1869, and in the year 1874 came to New Zealand. Mr. O'Donnell settled on the West Coast, and started a carrying business between Greymouth and Maori Creek, as Dunganville was then called. In 1878 he opened a store, which he has since conducted. Mr. O'Donnell has been for many years a member of the local school committee, and has on two occasions held the combined offices of chairman and secretary. He is a widower, and has one son and one daughter.